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An engine cover rips off a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737, forcing an emergency landing (www.businessinsider.com)

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[-] loanrangerofpeanuts@lemmy.world 35 points 5 months ago

The plane is 7 years old. This isn’t a Boeing issue, this is a Southwest maintenance issue. Engine cowlings are regularly removed for maintenance. If a latch or latches aren’t properly secured or suffer from excessive wear then this is the outcome. I get the disdain for Boeing, but it should be based on issues of their negligence, not the negligence of their customers.

[-] tomatolung@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Arguably. Reading the comments on avhearld, the cowling latches to each other rather than to the frame and the latches themselves are very low and easy to miss. Airbus has tried to eliminate this potential oversight, whereas Boeing has not. So yes, potentially missed non walk around, but also a possible systematic design failure.

https://avherald.com/h?article=51721379&opt=0